Oil-burner.



J. R. CARR OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 10. 1914.

1 15%?58, Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

ATTO EY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

JAMES R. CARR, 0F ROTAN, TEXAS.

OIL-BURNER.

Application filed October 10, 1914.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JAMES R. CARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rotan, in the county of Fisher and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gil-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful oil. burner, and its object broadly stated is to provide an oil burner that will be internally provided with means for holdingin storage sufficient fuel oil to maintain com bustion for the period of time ordinarily re quired to cook a meal.

The object of my invention stated more specifically is to provide an oil burner comprising a casing formed with orifices for the escape of oil vapor, and a wick centrally coiled Within said casing, and having the capacity to absorb a considerable quantity of oil, combustion of the escaping oil vapor taking place adjacent to the exterior face of the casing.

It is also an object of my invention to provide an oil burner that will require no pipe connections, and may be readily introduced into the fire box of any stove or withdrawn therefrom.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, eificient and simple and comparatively inexpensive to produce, also one in which the several parts will not be likely to get out of order.

With the above and other object in view, the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction and operation, an example of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my burner, completely assembled. Fig. 2 is an axial vertical sectional view of the same taken on :cw of Fig. 1, a portion of the wick of the burner being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view in side elevation of the spool. upon which is coiled the wick of my burner. Fig. 4: is an end view of the complete burner. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section on g r of Fig. 1., showing only the casing.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts in all the figures, the numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical shell or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (lot. 26, 1915.

Serial No. 866,040.

casing, which is similarly provided at its extremities with pairs of lugs 2, which serve as feet to support the casing 1 on any surface. The top of the casing l is formed with a row of orifices 3 intended for the discharge of oil vapor. Numerous perforations 4: smaller than the orifices 3 are equally distributed in the top surface of the casing 1, a few of such perforations being also formed in the bottom. surface of the casing (see Fig. 5). The perforations 4: in. the top portion of the casing 1 form oil vapor outlets auxiliary to the orifices 3, while said perforations in the bottom portion of the casing admit air to the casing to replace the upwardly escaping air that passes out with the oil vapor.

Within the casing 1 there is removably in- .serted a spool oomprising'a metallic rod 5,

axial in its relation to the casing, and

flanges 6 rigidly carried by the extremities of the rod 5 and respectively fitting within the ends of the casing. One of the flanges 6 is formed with a portion the diameter of which is increased to equal the exterior diameter of the casing l, producing a shoulder 7 which abuts against one end of the casing 1 when the spool is introduced into said casing. The outer flange 6 is formed with a substantially U-shaped handle 8, which will support the entire burner when the same is assembled. A wick 9 preferably formed of asbestos is continuously wound upon the spool comprised by the parts 5 and 6, said wick being preferably arranged to comprise two layers.

Nhen it is desired to use the above-described burner, the same is first completely immersed in a hydro-carbon fuel, preferably kerosene, until the wick 8 has become substantially saturated with the oil. A. brief interval. of time is sufficient to produce the necessary degree of saturation. The burner is then introduced into the fire box of a stove and the oil vapor escaping from the orifices 3 and perforations 4: is ignited. The quantity of oil taken up by the wick will be sufficient to maintain the combustion for a period of time not less than is ordinarily required to cook a meal. It will of course be understood that the number and size of the orifices 3 and perforations 4 will be so restricted that the oil vapor cannot escape more rapidly than it will be con sumed by moderately hot flame.

The invention is presented as including.

all such changes and modifications as are covered by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An oil burner comprising a perforated cylindrical casing, serted in said casing, the extremities of said spool fitting, the casing extremities, and a Wick permanently coiled upon the spool.

2. An oil burner comprising a cylindrical casing, formed with air inlets in its bottom Copies of this patent 'may be obtained for a spool removably in five cents each, by'a ddressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G. 

